NME ARTISTS

U2

Biography

In 1976 a 14 year old Larry Mullen Jr posted an advert at his school for band-members. Four decades later and U2 are the biggest band in the world with twenty-nine number one singles and twelve studio albums under their belt, nine of which went straight to number one. In 2005 the band were inaugurated into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in their first year of eligibility.